Gotham Wiki Guide

Development

Typically in the television realm, a series will need to undergo a greenlighting process based upon the success of a Pilot episode that makes the rounds. The success of this Pilot will prompt a studio to issue a season order of the program. In the case of Gotham, FOX bypassed the Pilot altogether and went gung-ho by ordering a full first season on September 24, 2013. This could be based on the reputation of Batman alone, presumably off of the success of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Bruno Heller (The Mentalist) was pegged to be the executive producer/writer of the project, with Danny Cannon (Nikita) attached as the director. FOX President Kevin Reilly proclaimed at the 2014 TCAs that the series will not interfere or mingle with any subsidiary DC Universe project, and will not follow the lineage of specific films that may be developed in its wake.

The series will begin its first season run in Fall 2014, with a Monday night time slot. Unlike most programs, Gotham's first season will be a 16-episode endeavor. Reilly stated, "We were only contractually obligated to order 13, and we ordered 16, because we think that’s the way that show, at least in its first iteration, will be very strong to arc to."